Glycoimmunology

There are three crucial research themes being investigated by the Glycoimmunology group: carbohydrate immunochemistry and vaccine design, carbohydrate-based inhibitor synthesis, and carbohydrate immunology. Specific projects focus on immune targeting of cancer cells via the bioengineering of their surface sialic acid; the control of cancer metastasis via the manipulation and targeting of tumor outward carbohydrate; physical and immunochemical mapping of protective sialylated epitopes and carbohydrate-based disease modifying approaches for Multiple Sclerosis